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EXT. A MUD HUT . EVE

From a blank screen with a background sound suggesting a heavydownpour of rain a title appears "".

Fade in on an extreme close up of a woman's eye. A tear rollsdown her cheek and camera follows the tear drop.Suddenly aslash of rain hits her face. Cut from extreme close up to a

mid-shot.Her hair and face are drenched with rain water mixingwith her tears. She doesn't move.Just fixed her looks in tonothingness.

She is RAMA a 23-25 year old young sensuous woman in her royalblue saree. Siting on the elevated place in the right side ofcourt yard of the hut.

Along with another whiff of air along with rain slashing onRama's face the hut door opens with a big sound. A skinny andwicked looking old woman in her 70's walks out. Rushes towardsher left where sarees are hanging on a thread for drying.Theold woman is in her white saree and not wearing a blouse.

Old woman picks up the sarees and turns back to look at Ramairritatingly murmuring within herself.Rama is still lookinglost. From Rama's left, from a foggy rain we could see avillage at a distance.

Old woman walks past Rama looking insistently for herresponse. Stops at the door and turns back to look at Rama whois stil looking away.

Old woman walks towards Rama and says...

OLD WOMAN ! ...

Rama doesn't respond. Old woman walks up to her and touchesRama's shoulder and says...

OLD WOMAN()

. !

Rama looks at the pld woman and her hand on the shoulder witha hint of disapproval. Old woman withdraws her hand.

OLD WOMAN( )

, ! ..

Old woman turns back to go in to the door. Just turns her headand says...

OLD WOMAN !

Rama without looking at the old woman says...

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RAMA .

Old woman shakes her head with disapproval and steps in to thedoor. Stops again and asks...

OLD WOMAN !

RAMA(irritatingly)

.

A lightening falls and a thunder roars at a distance.

Old woman goes in to house murmuring.

OLD WOMAN(murmuring)

...

Rama continues to look at the rain. From the edge of the roofwater is dripping like tears. Windows shutter with wind.Ramawipes tears from her eyes. Ties up the untied hair. Her faceis now clearly seen.She takes her saree pallu to wipe her facerevealing her healthy breasts in her white blouse.

Rama gets up and walks up to the steps and stops to look atthe rain drops falling from edge of the roof. Puts her bothhand and collects rain water and looks at it. Her reflectionis hardly visible in the water and slowly water drains out

from her hand.

Suddenly next to Rama is the old woman with a steaming tea ina silver/aluminium glass. Rama is taken a back at once. Looksat the old woman.

OLD WOMAN(convincingly in a soft tone)

. . !,

....Old woman hands over glass to Rama.Rama takes the glass andhold it with two hands feeling the warmth of the glass. closesher eyes and sips once.

Looking at Rama's closed eyes old woman continues to speak.

OLD WOMAN(smiling wickedly with a coarsetone)

?. , . , .

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...

Rama's eyes are red with anger and lips tumbling.She drops thetea glass on to floor.

RAMA(angrily)

!

Rama turns from there and goes back to where she was sittingearlier. Old woman looks on to her and looks at the fallenglass. Picks the glass up and says...

OLD WOMAN(angry tone)

. . !

Takes the glass and moves towards Rama and menacingly looks atRama..Rama is still looking away in to the roof in tearfuleyes.

OLD WOMAN... . . . , . .

Rama suddenly turn towards Old woman with a petrified face.

Hands are shaking and eyes are puffed with an unbelievablefear.

RAMA(disappointingly)

....! .

OLD WOMAN(in a gradually raising tone)

, ! ? . . ? . ! . . . .

Rama's face is shivering with anger. Turns towards Old womanand almost moves towards her as if to beat her up. Old womansteps back with fear. Rama looks at her closely andhysterically holds old woman's neck and shouts at her.

RAMA...! . .

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Rama leaves the old woman and falls down on floor crying.Oldwoman escapes from Rama and walks away in to the door. Whilegoing old woman says..

OLD WOMAN(angrily)

. , . ...

Rama is on floor crying, her tears rolling on the floor.Camera moves away from her to extreme long shot. She is lyingin an odd shape on the red floor in her blue saree as if adry flower is placed in the middle of a dessert.

Evening is turning in to night. The little light that isaround is vanishing. Screen goes blank.

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